Lyme Disease in Copake

Dear Bob,


I just wanted to inform you of a documentary film about Lyme Disease.

My family has suffered and is still suffering from this crazy disease and the effects of doctors not being able to treat it the way it should be treated. Were you aware that the test for it, western blot, is not fool proof? And if it is not diagnosed properly, it could cause devastating results. People have been diagnosed with MS, Parkinsons, Fibro Myalgia, Poly Myalgia, ALS and the list goes on.

But the worst part is that most doctors, when they can't find out what's wrong with you, say it's all in your head. I bet you know some one who has been going to doctor after doctor and can't get a diagnosis for what's wrong with them. I just had an experience with an old friend. She is 79 yrs old and was having unexplainable aches and pains and general all over weakness. They tested her for everything under the sun and everything came up negative. Most contributed it to old age and arthritis. But because I have so much knowledge of what happens with Lyme disease, I asked her doctor to give her a Lyme test. It came out positive and they started her on antibiotics, but they said she had to have been infected within the last 6 months. She was bitten by a tick 2 years ago and this is where the controversy starts.

Instead of me going on and on about it, I wanted to suggest that maybe it would be a good idea for movie night in Copake to show this documentary. I bought the CD when they showed it in the Millerton Theatre. Every one must see this movie it is eye opening. You can research it if you want. The name is "Under My Skin" by Open Eye Pictures.


Thanks for the Copake Chronicle!
Louise LaManna